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Forest County, PA

6,715 Population
427.3 square miles 15.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,303 ±$1,728 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,191 ±$3,237 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±2.3% (512  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±2.5 (36,415  ±5,590) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,920 ±90 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (4,296  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1% ±1% (5  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,937 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,300 ±$8,976 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.6% ±3% (979  ±203.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±4.2% (5,021  ±264.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.3% ±1.8% (724  ±105) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.9% (130  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±1.9% (504  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
504 Total veterans ±120 485 Male ±120 19 Female ±11

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